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*''Birth: [[1836]] Nov 16''

*''Birth: [[1836]] Nov 16''

*''Death: [[1891]] Jan 20, San Francisco''

*''Death: [[1891]] Jan 20, San Francisco''

*''Reign: [[1874]] Feb 13 - 1891 Jan 20''

*''Reign: [[1874]] Feb 13 - 1891 Jan 20''

David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Mahinulani Nalōiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua<ref>Niklaus Schweizer, "King Kalākaua: An International Perspective," ''Hawaiian Journal of History'' 25 (1991), 105.</ref> was the second-to-last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]]. He engaged in a world tour in [[1881]], visiting numerous countries and meeting with their leaders in order to enhance the prestige of the Hawaiian monarchy, familiarize himself with the royal practices of other nations, and to secure labor immigration agreements. In the process, he became the first head of state of any nation to circumnavigate the globe,<ref name=kamehiro>Kamehiro, 24.</ref> and the first foreign monarch to visit Japan freely;<ref>King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] had been taken to Japan as a prisoner of war in [[1609]]-[[1611]].</ref> Kalākaua's meeting with the [[Meiji Emperor]] in March of that year set the stage for [[Japanese emigration to Hawaii]].

David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Mahinulani Nalōiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua<ref>Niklaus Schweizer, "King Kalākaua: An International Perspective," ''Hawaiian Journal of History'' 25 (1991), 105.</ref> was the second-to-last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]]. He engaged in a world tour in [[1881]], visiting numerous countries and meeting with their leaders in order to enhance the prestige of the Hawaiian monarchy, familiarize himself with the royal practices of other nations, and to secure labor immigration agreements. In the process, he became the first head of state of any nation to circumnavigate the globe,<ref name=kamehiro>Kamehiro, 24.</ref> and the first foreign monarch to visit Japan freely;<ref>King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] had been taken to Japan as a prisoner of war in [[1609]]-[[1611]].</ref> Kalākaua's meeting with the [[Meiji Emperor]] in March of that year set the stage for [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]].

The king and his party arrived in Japan aboard the British ship ''Oceanic'', sailing from San Francisco and arriving in [[Yokohama]] around 8 AM on March 4, 1881. They would then spend one day in Yokohama, twelve in [[Tokyo]], and the remaining six sightseeing in [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], traveling across the [[Inland Sea]], and in [[Nagasaki]]. After a stay of nineteen days, the king departed [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]] on March 22, around 5 PM, aboard the ''Tokio Maru''. Kalākaua kept a diary, and Armstrong published a book in [[1904]] based on his notes; however, unfortunately, the details of the king's private meeting with the Meiji Emperor went unrecorded.

The king and his party arrived in Japan aboard the British ship ''Oceanic'', sailing from San Francisco and arriving in [[Yokohama]] around 8 AM on March 4, 1881. They would then spend one day in Yokohama, twelve in [[Tokyo]], and the remaining six sightseeing in [[Kobe]], [[Kyoto]], [[Osaka]], traveling across the [[Inland Sea]], and in [[Nagasaki]]. After a stay of nineteen days, the king departed [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]] on March 22, around 5 PM, aboard the ''Tokio Maru''. Kalākaua kept a diary, and Armstrong published a book in [[1904]] based on his notes; however, unfortunately, the details of the king's private meeting with the Meiji Emperor went unrecorded.